The tumors, which grow on nerves, are made up of cells that surround nerves and other cell types, and are called neurofibromas. ... The child also has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the NF gene's normal partner (since genes come in pairs) and remaining free of NF. ... There are two major types of genetic testing. ... In general, linkage testing is more than 95 percent accurate in predicting whether or not an individual has NF. The second test, direct gene mutation analysis, does not require the testing of other family members. ...

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Gene Therapy is one of the treatments, still being tested, that may help the patients with CF. ... There are 2 types of gene therapy. ... As I have mentioned that there is a type of protein that make the mucus become thick and very sticky, instead of being thin and watery. ... As mentioned earlier, gene therapy is still being tested. ... There are no cures today but studies are being made on gene therapy, which is still being tested and may have some issues. ...

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"Notably clomiphene citrate, bromocriptine and human menopausal gonadotrapin, have been very successful in correcting the hormonal imbalances which cause a females ovulation, or egg production, to be erratic or absent" this type of treatment however raises the chance of a woman having a multiple birth because of the release of more than one egg at ovulation. IVF otherwise known as test-tube conception is a complicated procedure in which the eggs are removed the women and fertilized with the male sperm outside the body, and then replaced back into the same or a surrogate mother for normal ge...

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In genetics, normal is used to indicate the wild-type or the gene that is most suited to survival and reproduction. ... Could we also be treading water in the vast ocean and God is coming by with a boat (the genetic testing) and we are not getting in the boat. Say you have a cancer test done, it shows that you have cancer, now what do you do? ... For, example the designer babies, in that through genetics a person can design the way their baby will look and be disease free. ...

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